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Comment on Teaching Kids to Make Someone’s Day by Being Generous by Carla

Carla — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:59:24 +0000

I just found your blog and I want to say thank you for this post! This is a great way to teach generosity “making someone’s day by giving something away.” I just might have to use that!

Looking forward to hearing more from you.

Comment on Teaching Kids to Make Someone’s Day by Being Generous by Doug Heacock

Doug Heacock — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:08:21 +0000

Great post!

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Comment on Messiness: a secret to success in children’s ministry by Milisa

Milisa — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:36:15 +0000

Wanted to share a discovery I made yesterday when my second graders were playing with food (making cornucopias out of candy, canned frosting and ice cream cones). My concern was keeping stuff on the table (because hey, see above I’m the one with the table cloth for such activities) rather than on the floor. So instead of doing this seated on the floor (my usual spot for the group) I used a table. However, instead of having kids seated at the table - where there is that lovely gap between the edge of the table and the child. A space they tend to work in. A space notorious for things dropping onto the child and/or the floor. I had them stand at the table. The gap was eliminated and they worked over the table. Would you believe they kept the stuff ON the table! I picked a single nut off the floor yesterday.

of course the chocolate frosting on kids hands and faces was a completely different story - lol!

Comment on Parent Link Live: Fighting for the heart of your child by carolyn

carolyn — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:33:01 +0000

Thanks, Rob. I agree that providing parents and leaders with tools they can easily access is the way to go. Thanks for letting us know about Family Fusion. I listened to a couple episodes and really like them. Parents — I encourage you to go to iTunes and check out that podcast for very practical ideas for how to win with your kids.

Comment on Parent Link Live: Fighting for the heart of your child by Rob

Rob — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:08:10 +0000

This is a great audio clip! First, I like the format. It is a short snipit that a parent can easily listen to. I think this is a great way to go instead of having a parenting “class” where people have to come in and invest hours. Second, the content is very practical. It helps parents come away with one thing that will help them begin winning with their kids.

I am experimenting with the same kind of thing through a podcast. My goal is to get parents thinking and talking about parenting. I have found that as parents begin to focus on their kids in a positive way they begin to make changes and grow in their relationship with their kids.

The podcast we have started is called Family Fusion and can be found on iTunes. If you get a chance, check it out and tell me what you think.

Comment on Messiness: a secret to success in children’s ministry by Milisa

Milisa — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:04:59 +0000

One thing I’ve done that’s made me a bit braver over the years to try messy projects in my group is to invest in washable thick plastic table cloths. When I still had my groups at tables. Now I have my group on the floor and they still come in handy.

With the table cloths no worry about slopping pant, glue, permanent markers, glitter etc on tables. And if a project resulted in such things as bits of paper or other messy residue it was easy to pick up the table clothes and take them either outside to shake or to a trashcan to dump stuff off of.

Lately I find it helps in keeping play dough from being ground into the carpet.

Comment on Teach Your Kids to Honor God - Blog Action Day 2008 by carolyn

carolyn — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:41:51 +0000

Thanks for sharing your story! God works on so many different levels when we choose to be generous — it our own lives and in the lives of those who are blessed by our giving. I love it how those experiences, whether we give or whether we receive, stick with us for life and shape who we become.

Comment on Teach Your Kids to Honor God - Blog Action Day 2008 by former 8-year-old boy

former 8-year-old boy — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:05:28 +0000

When I was 8 years old, money was tight, as my father was attending seminary by day and working at a gas station by night, my mother provided daycare in our apartment in a metropolitan area, and there were four of us (age 4 - 14) to raise. My first memory of that upcoming Christmas was my mother cutting and hemming a felt tree, upon which we affixed cut-out ornaments with Bible verses; I realized only later the scrap felt was a savings over an evergreen we could not afford. One night, I was eager when we were asked to make a list of what we wanted for Christmas … what a surprise to me! A few days before Christmas, people I did not know came to our home, delivering bags of wrapped gifts, each bearing a name. We had been ‘adopted’ by a local church, and young and old had donated not only something, but the specific gifts we had hoped for! What a Christmas morning … it’s greatness stays with me today. The lessons of that generosity, the thankless sharing, our childhood joy in the face of the little we anticipated that December — all these stick with me, and the older I get, the more I take from the experience. You see, a few weeks later, my parents took us to visit that church (not the church we regularly attended) so that we could show our gratitude. I remember how my parents could not find the words to express their thanks, but their tears said enough. I’m so proud now that they weren’t too proud to show up, to stand up in that church and acknowledge the great gift we had all been given. Don’t fail to pass on your own gift to a Christmas child; you are not likely to know just how long it keeps giving. And thank you, from a Christmas child.

Comment on Your Labor Is Not In Vain by talents

talents — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:19:02 +0000

This is powerful stuff; here’s what I mean:
- from the congregation, one could feel it move through lots of hearts;
- it reaches folks watching from so many perspectives;
- you could see how this boy’s life is being touched and how he’s impacting others;
- you could see how his parents are bearing witness and advancing the gospel;
- it was obvious how service is affecting the hearts of those who serve;
- it reminded me there is no ‘weighing’ test to determine just how far I should go in serving, in doing my part to contribute to spreading Good News; and
- one of the helpers interviewed brought it home, “We know we’re sowing seeds; we just don’t yet know the extent of the effects or harvest.”
Great living story!